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DE HB3

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/15/2013

Primary Sponsor

Ruth Briggs King

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Origin

House of Representatives

147th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Delaware Code Title 11, Chapter 5 to add musical concert events at the Delaware State Fair to existing ticket scalping prohibitions.

  • Prohibits selling, reselling, or exchanging tickets at prices higher than the original price on the day before or day of the event for concerts at the Delaware State Fair.

  • Maintains existing ticket scalping prohibitions for events at the Bob Carpenter Sports/Convocation Center at University of Delaware, NASCAR races at Dover Downs, and sales on state or federal highway arteries.

  • First conviction of ticket scalping is a class B misdemeanor; second or subsequent convictions are a class A misdemeanor.

  • Defines "ticket" as any admittance receipt, entrance ticket, or other evidence of a right to be admitted to an event or exhibit.

Legislative Description

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Ticket Scalping.

Last Action

Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 3 Favorable, 7 On Its Merits

1/16/2013

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/15/2013

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